10/25/07
The Miracle of Grapefruit Seed Extract (GSE) - the All Natural Sinus and Other Infection Fighter - A Family Testimonial
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(Many of you have written to say how useful this post has been for you. So I am posting it again here.)
When friends told me about their family's problems with a wide variety of infections, I told them about Olive Leaf Extract (OLE) and Grapefruit Seed Extract (GSE).
Below is their response after using Grapefruit Seed Extract (GSE):
"Hi Alex,
We always find it a pleasure to hear from you!
The GSE and OLE are legendary by now in our household.
Not only does it seem to be holding our allergy symptoms at bay, but recently CURED our son of strep throat. Too bad we didn't know about it when our daughter got strep prior to softball tryouts...we took her to the emergency room ($567.00) and bellowed & argued 'til they gave her a shot in the butt that would have made our veterinarian wince...and it still took her 2 weeks to shake it.
Our son, on the other hand, was cured after 4 glasses of GSE "doctored" orange juice. (Good thing, too, because he's a real wuss when it comes to needles :).
We have had no ill effects from using it. We will be eternally grateful for your kindness in sharing the secret....
Our Dr. will have to find an alternate person to pay for his wife's Mercedes!!
C and K"
Below is their response after using Grapefruit Seed Extract (GSE):
"Hi Alex,
We always find it a pleasure to hear from you!
The GSE and OLE are legendary by now in our household.
Not only does it seem to be holding our allergy symptoms at bay, but recently CURED our son of strep throat. Too bad we didn't know about it when our daughter got strep prior to softball tryouts...we took her to the emergency room ($567.00) and bellowed & argued 'til they gave her a shot in the butt that would have made our veterinarian wince...and it still took her 2 weeks to shake it.
Our son, on the other hand, was cured after 4 glasses of GSE "doctored" orange juice. (Good thing, too, because he's a real wuss when it comes to needles :).
We have had no ill effects from using it. We will be eternally grateful for your kindness in sharing the secret....
Our Dr. will have to find an alternate person to pay for his wife's Mercedes!!
C and K"
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10/24/07
Why are Doctors so quick to write a Prescription? - Are drug companies using medical schools to fund and create their best sales force: Our Doctors?
Have you ever wondered why our doctors are so eager to grab the prescription pad - rather than thinking of other less expensive and less harmful alternatives?
The answer may be found in a recent study of America’s medical schools and teaching hospitals, which found that most U. S. medical schools and teaching hospitals are funded by one or more drug companies.
The study found that of the 125 United States medical schools and teaching hospitals that were surveyed, two-thirds of them receive some funding from a drug company - in the form of equipment purchases, and/or research grants and/or even going so far as to provide funds to purchase food for students.
And the drug company money does not stop at the school or hospital level, Instead, the drug company funding even reaches down to the individual level at our medical schools and teaching hospitals because 60 per cent of the departmental heads receive some funding from a drug company.
From: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2007; 298: 1779-86 - As discussed at WDDTY
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The answer may be found in a recent study of America’s medical schools and teaching hospitals, which found that most U. S. medical schools and teaching hospitals are funded by one or more drug companies.
The study found that of the 125 United States medical schools and teaching hospitals that were surveyed, two-thirds of them receive some funding from a drug company - in the form of equipment purchases, and/or research grants and/or even going so far as to provide funds to purchase food for students.
And the drug company money does not stop at the school or hospital level, Instead, the drug company funding even reaches down to the individual level at our medical schools and teaching hospitals because 60 per cent of the departmental heads receive some funding from a drug company.
From: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2007; 298: 1779-86 - As discussed at WDDTY
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10/23/07
Colds / Flus / Sinus Infections - Miraculously Cure them Naturally with OLIVE LEAF EXTRACT (OLE) and GRAPEFRUIT SEED EXTRACT (GSE)
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(Many readers have written to say that they found this post of enormous help to them. So I am reposting it here.)
I had another lingering sinus infection in August, 2004. (I had a total of over 50 sinus infections from about 1994 to 2004.)
My sinus infections were getting so serious by 2004 that the only combination of very powerful prescription drug antibiotics that dealt with them consisted of Clindamycin plus Ciprofloxacin (Cipro). To give you an idea of how powerful Cipro is, Cipro is the only antibiotic that was powerful enough to use in the post-911 Anthrax scares. But even Clindamycin and Cipro did not touch my 2004 sinus infection.
Prescription antibiotics that had been prescribed for my sinus infections between the years 1994 and 2004 include:
- Amoxicillin
- Cefzil
- Doxycycline
- Zithromax
- Augmentin
- Ceftin
- Levaquin
- Ampicillin
- Omnicef
- Keflex
- Tequin
- Clindamycin
- Ciprofloxacin (Cipro),
- and there may be others that I have forgotten.
I had gradually worked up to being forced to use two of the most powerful prescription drug antibiotics - Clindamycin and Cipro - to conquer my sinus infections. But, the combination of Clindamycin and Ciprofloxacin (Cipro) was still not doing a thing to get rid of my August, 2004, sinus infection - even after using the two prescription drug antibiotics for over two weeks. As a result, I tried the combination of two natural antibiotics, namely, Olive Leaf Extract (OLE) and Grapefruit Seed Extract (GSE).
And WOW! Within 48 hours after starting the combination of OLE and GSE, the sinus infection had completely disappeared.
And, the biggest surprise when I learned of the power of Olive Leaf Extract (OLE) and Grapefruit Seed Extract (GSE) is that these two all natural antibiotics fight every type of infection, including:
- Bacterial
- Viral
- Fungal, and
- Parasitic.
Olive Leaf Extract (OLE) is recommended by many sites as a continuous use capsule because it has many benefits besides being an antibiotic.
Grapefruit Seed Extract (GSE) is considered by many to be the world’s most powerful natural antibiotic. And it can be a bit "tough "to use because it can lead to mild diarrhea as well as "aches and pains" similar to arthritis - presumably because of the high acid content. But I can put up with those side effects for a few days in order to deal with an infection. Most recommend taking Acidophilus or some similar probiotics) while taking either OLE or GSE (which I did). Why? Because both OLE and GSE are such effective natural antibiotics that they can diminish your intestine's "good bacteria" - which you need for proper digestion.
Also, GSE should NOT be taken by: (1) anyone who may be allergic to grapefruit or (2) anyone who may be taking any of the various Statin drugs that are used to combat high cholesterol, or (3) anyone who may have a leg circulation problem (which is often indicated by edema or a fluid build-up in the legs or a swelling of the legs).
I also obtained a Grapefruit Seed Extract Nasal Sprayer for use when my nasal passages get "stuffy". Why? Because when my nasal passages get “stuffy”, that can indicate either the beginning of a sinus infection or cold or just a reaction to pollen, or whatever. The GSE Nasal Sprayer works far better and faster (on those few occasions on which I have had to use use it) than the prescription sprayers/inhalers that I quit using long ago. The GSE Nasal Sprayer almost instantly wipes out the “stuffiness” and any sinus-type headache (which, for me, can be the first signs of a developing sinus infection or cold).
Needless to say, I am keeping my supply of these two all natural antibiotics - Olive Leaf Extract (OLE) and Grapefruit Seed Extract (GSE) - on hand at all times. And I always have my Grapefruit Seed Extract (GSE) Nasal Sprayer on hand, too.
The first time I used GSE and OLE, I used this particular Grapefruit Seed Extract and this particular
Standardized Olive Leaf Extract. And even though I tried others later, I still prefer these. Also, this is the GSE Nasal Sprayer that I have used from the first time that I started to use a GSE nasal spray. Maybe you will find others that work better for you, and if you do, please let me know so that we share that with readers.
I had over 50 sinus infections betwen 1994 and 2004, so I, personally, would rather deal with those infections without resorting to seeing a doctor yet again (who probably can't see you for a week after you have become sick anyway). And besides, one can develop a dangerous immunity to prescription drug man-made antibiotics. But one does not become immune to the antibiotic effects of these fantastic natural antibiotics, Olive Leaf Extract (OLE) and Grapefruit Seed Extract (GSE).
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10/22/07
JUST ONE WORD can CHANGE the WAY YOU THINK -and- CHANGE YOU and YOUR LIFE - For the BETTER!
Did you realize that by simply removing one word from your vocabulary and replacing it with another word, you can put yourself in the driver's seat of your life?
The word CAN'T is the culprit that usually leads you to failures. By replacing CAN'T with WON'T, you open the door to thought, and you start to ask yourself the right questions to help yourself get out of your own prison of failure.
Do you say: I CAN'T take a vacation? Or I CAN'T get a better job? Or I CAN'T get enough leads to make enough sales?
Just change those statements to: I WON'T take a vacation. Or I WON'T get a better job. Or I WON'T get enough leads to make enough sales.
When you make that change, what questions are raised?
The WON'T begs the question: WELL WHY WON'T YOU?
Why WON'T you take a vacation? Why WON'T you get a better job? Why WON'T you get enough leads to make the sales you want to make?
Not motivated enough? What is holding you back? What are you not willing to do to make it happen? Don't you believe you can really be successful?
Tens of thousands, perhaps millions, of people have done and are doing every one of those things, so it is obviously possible to do them!
Start to change yourself now by paying very close attention to how and when you use the word CAN'T! Whenever you say a sentence using CAN'T, repeat the sentence in your mind, and replace CAN'T with WON'T.
By just changing one word: replacing CAN'T with WON'T, you may be in for a real eye-opening awakening that will transform you and transform your life! - From: selfmadechick.com
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The word CAN'T is the culprit that usually leads you to failures. By replacing CAN'T with WON'T, you open the door to thought, and you start to ask yourself the right questions to help yourself get out of your own prison of failure.
Do you say: I CAN'T take a vacation? Or I CAN'T get a better job? Or I CAN'T get enough leads to make enough sales?
Just change those statements to: I WON'T take a vacation. Or I WON'T get a better job. Or I WON'T get enough leads to make enough sales.
When you make that change, what questions are raised?
The WON'T begs the question: WELL WHY WON'T YOU?
Why WON'T you take a vacation? Why WON'T you get a better job? Why WON'T you get enough leads to make the sales you want to make?
Not motivated enough? What is holding you back? What are you not willing to do to make it happen? Don't you believe you can really be successful?
Tens of thousands, perhaps millions, of people have done and are doing every one of those things, so it is obviously possible to do them!
Start to change yourself now by paying very close attention to how and when you use the word CAN'T! Whenever you say a sentence using CAN'T, repeat the sentence in your mind, and replace CAN'T with WON'T.
By just changing one word: replacing CAN'T with WON'T, you may be in for a real eye-opening awakening that will transform you and transform your life! - From: selfmadechick.com
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10/21/07
Are you taking an NSAID? - ASPIRIN and other NSAID PAINKILLERS - A comprehensive list of Over-The-Counter (OTC) + Generic + Prescription NSAIDs
In order to alert you or help you determine if the drug that you are taking is an NSAID, below is a comprehensive listing of most of the Over-The-Counter, Generic, and Prescription NSAIDS.
NSAIDs - Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs - A Comprehensive List which shows:
1- NAME of NSAID
2 - BRAND NAME (in lower case)
3 - GENERIC NAME (UNDERLINED and in UPPER CASE BOLD ITALICS)
-and-
4 - TYPES of NSAIDs
Actron = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Ketoprofen
Advil = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Ibuprofen
Aleve = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Naproxen
Anaprox = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Naproxen
Ansaid = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Flurbiprofen
Ascriptin = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Aspirin -or- Acetylsalicylic Acid
ASPIRIN -or- ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID = Generic Name - (A type of Salycylic acid)
Bayer = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Aspirin -or- Acetylsalicylic Acid
Bextra = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Valdecoxib
Cataflam = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Diclofenac
Celebrex = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Celecoxib
CELECOXIB = Generic Name - (A Type of COX-2 Inhibitor)
CHOLINE MAGNESIUM TRISALICYLATE = Generic Name - (A type of Salycylic acid)
Clinoril = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Sulindac
Daypro = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Oxaprozin
DICLOFENAC = Generic Name - (A Type of Acetic Acid)
DIFLUNISAL = Generic Name - (A type of Salycylic acid)
Disalcid = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Salsalate
Dolobid = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Diflunisal
Ecotrin = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Aspirin -or- Acetylsalicylic Acid
ETODALAC = Generic Name - (A Type of Pyranocarboxylic acid)
Feldene = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Piroxicam
FENOPROFEN = Generic Name - (A type of Propionic Acid)
Fexicam = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Piroxicam
FLURBIPROFEN = Generic Name - (A type of Propionic Acid)
IBUPROFEN = Generic Name - (A type of Propionic Acid)
Indocin = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Indomethacin
INDOMETHACIN = Generic Name - (A Type of Acetic Acid)
KETOPROFEN = Generic Name - (A type of Propionic Acid)
KETOROLAC = Generic Name - (A Type of Pyrrole)
Lodine = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Etodalac
MECLOFENAMATE = Generic Name - (A Type of Fenamic Acid)
Meclomen = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Meclofenamate
MEFENAMIC ACID = Generic Name - (A Type of Fenamic Acid)
MELOXICAM = Generic Name - (A Type of Enolic Acid)
Mobic = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Meloxicam
Motrin = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Ibuprofen
NABUMETONE = Generic Name - (A type of Napthylalkanones)
Nalfon = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Fenoprofen
Naprelan = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Naproxen
Naprosyn = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Naproxen
NAPROXEN = Generic Name - (A type of Propionic Acid)
Nuprin = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Ibuprofen
Orudis = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Ketoprofen
Oruvail = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Ketoprofen
OXAPROZIN = Generic Name - (A type of Propionic Acid)
PIROXICAM = Generic Name - (A Type of Enolic Acid)
Ponstel = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Mefenamic acid
Relafen = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Nabumetone
ROFECOXIB = Generic Name - (A Type of COX-2 Inhibitor)
Salflex = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Salsalate
SALSALATE = Generic Name - (A type of Salycylic acid)
SULINDAC = Generic Name - (A Type of Acetic Acid)
Tolectin = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Tolmetin
TOLMETIN = Generic Name - (A Type of Acetic Acid)
Toradol = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Ketorolac
Trilisate = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Choline magnesium trisalicylate
VALDECOXIB = Generic Name - (A Type of COX-2 Inhibitor)
Vioxx = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Rofecoxib
Voltaren = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Diclofenac
1- NAME of NSAID
2 - BRAND NAME (in lower case)
3 - GENERIC NAME (UNDERLINED and in UPPER CASE BOLD ITALICS)
-and-
4 - TYPES of NSAIDs
Actron = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Ketoprofen
Advil = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Ibuprofen
Aleve = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Naproxen
Anaprox = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Naproxen
Ansaid = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Flurbiprofen
Ascriptin = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Aspirin -or- Acetylsalicylic Acid
ASPIRIN -or- ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID = Generic Name - (A type of Salycylic acid)
Bayer = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Aspirin -or- Acetylsalicylic Acid
Bextra = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Valdecoxib
Cataflam = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Diclofenac
Celebrex = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Celecoxib
CELECOXIB = Generic Name - (A Type of COX-2 Inhibitor)
CHOLINE MAGNESIUM TRISALICYLATE = Generic Name - (A type of Salycylic acid)
Clinoril = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Sulindac
Daypro = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Oxaprozin
DICLOFENAC = Generic Name - (A Type of Acetic Acid)
DIFLUNISAL = Generic Name - (A type of Salycylic acid)
Disalcid = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Salsalate
Dolobid = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Diflunisal
Ecotrin = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Aspirin -or- Acetylsalicylic Acid
ETODALAC = Generic Name - (A Type of Pyranocarboxylic acid)
Feldene = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Piroxicam
FENOPROFEN = Generic Name - (A type of Propionic Acid)
Fexicam = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Piroxicam
FLURBIPROFEN = Generic Name - (A type of Propionic Acid)
IBUPROFEN = Generic Name - (A type of Propionic Acid)
Indocin = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Indomethacin
INDOMETHACIN = Generic Name - (A Type of Acetic Acid)
KETOPROFEN = Generic Name - (A type of Propionic Acid)
KETOROLAC = Generic Name - (A Type of Pyrrole)
Lodine = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Etodalac
MECLOFENAMATE = Generic Name - (A Type of Fenamic Acid)
Meclomen = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Meclofenamate
MEFENAMIC ACID = Generic Name - (A Type of Fenamic Acid)
MELOXICAM = Generic Name - (A Type of Enolic Acid)
Mobic = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Meloxicam
Motrin = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Ibuprofen
NABUMETONE = Generic Name - (A type of Napthylalkanones)
Nalfon = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Fenoprofen
Naprelan = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Naproxen
Naprosyn = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Naproxen
NAPROXEN = Generic Name - (A type of Propionic Acid)
Nuprin = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Ibuprofen
Orudis = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Ketoprofen
Oruvail = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Ketoprofen
OXAPROZIN = Generic Name - (A type of Propionic Acid)
PIROXICAM = Generic Name - (A Type of Enolic Acid)
Ponstel = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Mefenamic acid
Relafen = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Nabumetone
ROFECOXIB = Generic Name - (A Type of COX-2 Inhibitor)
Salflex = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Salsalate
SALSALATE = Generic Name - (A type of Salycylic acid)
SULINDAC = Generic Name - (A Type of Acetic Acid)
Tolectin = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Tolmetin
TOLMETIN = Generic Name - (A Type of Acetic Acid)
Toradol = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Ketorolac
Trilisate = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Choline magnesium trisalicylate
VALDECOXIB = Generic Name - (A Type of COX-2 Inhibitor)
Vioxx = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Rofecoxib
Voltaren = BRAND NAME for the Generic Name: Diclofenac
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10/20/07
ASPIRIN and other NSAID PAINKILLERS - Not as safe as we think - They can have dangerous side effects - They cause the deaths of about 20,000 per year!
Prescription NSAIDs, Generic NSAIDs, and Over-The-Counter (OTC) NSAID drug painkillers, such as Aspirin, Advil, Motrin, and Ibuprofen, result in the deaths of about 20,000 people each year.
And an added 100,000 are hospitalized each year as a result of taking these NSAID (Non-steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs) painkillers.
But NSAIDs are dangerous.
Why?
Because NSAIDs can cause a multitude of problems, including gastrointestinal problems, such as ulcers, stomach perforations, intestinal bleeding, and stomach bleeding. And all of these conditions can take your life!
Millions of Americans take NSAIDS. A very large percentage of these patients - around 60 per cent - will have gastrointestinal problems as a result of taking the NSAIDs.
Yet most of these patients will probably never realize that the NSAID drug is responsible for their gastrointestinal problems.
Why?
Because by conducting a study at a clinic that specializes in gastrointestinal problems, researchers from the Eastern Virginia Medical School discovered that those patients who come to the clinic and who also take an NSAID, such as aspirin, do not even tell the staff of the clinic that they take the NSAID. Why? Because the patients do not even realize that the NSAID is relevant to their gastrointestinal health or safety.
(From: Proceedings of the Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology, October 15, 2007)
NSAIDs, Non-steroidal Anti-Inflammatories, can cause a multitude of problems in addition to gastrointestinal problems. Future posts will be devoted the those other problems.
In order to alert you or help you determine if the drug that you are taking is an NSAID, see the post entitled ----- Are you taking an NSAID? - ASPIRIN and other NSAID PAINKILLERS - A comprehensive list of most Over-The-Counter (OTC), Generic, and Prescription NSAIDS.
Just CLICK HERE for that NSAID post which was published on 10/21/07.
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And an added 100,000 are hospitalized each year as a result of taking these NSAID (Non-steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs) painkillers.
But NSAIDs are dangerous.
Why?
Because NSAIDs can cause a multitude of problems, including gastrointestinal problems, such as ulcers, stomach perforations, intestinal bleeding, and stomach bleeding. And all of these conditions can take your life!
Millions of Americans take NSAIDS. A very large percentage of these patients - around 60 per cent - will have gastrointestinal problems as a result of taking the NSAIDs.
Yet most of these patients will probably never realize that the NSAID drug is responsible for their gastrointestinal problems.
Why?
Because by conducting a study at a clinic that specializes in gastrointestinal problems, researchers from the Eastern Virginia Medical School discovered that those patients who come to the clinic and who also take an NSAID, such as aspirin, do not even tell the staff of the clinic that they take the NSAID. Why? Because the patients do not even realize that the NSAID is relevant to their gastrointestinal health or safety.
(From: Proceedings of the Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology, October 15, 2007)
NSAIDs, Non-steroidal Anti-Inflammatories, can cause a multitude of problems in addition to gastrointestinal problems. Future posts will be devoted the those other problems.
In order to alert you or help you determine if the drug that you are taking is an NSAID, see the post entitled ----- Are you taking an NSAID? - ASPIRIN and other NSAID PAINKILLERS - A comprehensive list of most Over-The-Counter (OTC), Generic, and Prescription NSAIDS.
Just CLICK HERE for that NSAID post which was published on 10/21/07.
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10/19/07
Sinus Infections - End them with Organic Apple Cider Vinegar
Organic apple cider vinegar is an often-overlooked natural remedy for colds, sinus congestion, sinusitis, sinus infections, and even allergies.
If you take organic apple cider vinegar at the first hint of a cold or sinus congestion or sinus infection, you might be able to stop the problem before it gets a good start.
Organic apple cider vinegar can be taken by mixing one-eighth to one-quarter cup of organic apple cider vinegar in a large (sixteen ounce) glass and then:
1 - Drinking that mixture all at the same time, or
2 - Taking small sips of that mixture through the day.
If your sinus infection already has a good start when you begin to use organic apple cider vinegar, you will most likely have to use the vinegar mixture for several days.
Why does organic apple cider vinegar help you?
1 - Organic apple cider vinegar makes your mucous thinner.
For example, if you have a cold or sinus congestion or sinus infection yor mucous tends to be thick and white or colored. But after you have taken organic apple cider vinegar, your mucous will tend to thin out and become clear.
And when your mucous is thinned, it enables your sinuses to drain and become disease free.
2 - Organic apple cider vinegar also functions as a natural anti-histamine and, thus, it acts to reduce or stop the body's production of histamine.
Organic apple cider vinegar's ability to function as a natural anti-histamine enables many people to successfully use it for combatting allergies.
Organic apple cider vinegar is far superior to regular or ordinary apple cider vinegar because organic apple cider vinegar contains only natural ingredients while ordinary apple cider vinegar often contains such additives as various chemicals which can adversely affect your body. Regular vingear may even contain artificial coloring.
In addition, organic apple cider vinegar is a treasure trove of vitamins and minerals that benefit our bodies, including vitamins A, B1, B2, B6, C, E, and beta-carotene.
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If you take organic apple cider vinegar at the first hint of a cold or sinus congestion or sinus infection, you might be able to stop the problem before it gets a good start.
Organic apple cider vinegar can be taken by mixing one-eighth to one-quarter cup of organic apple cider vinegar in a large (sixteen ounce) glass and then:
1 - Drinking that mixture all at the same time, or
2 - Taking small sips of that mixture through the day.
If your sinus infection already has a good start when you begin to use organic apple cider vinegar, you will most likely have to use the vinegar mixture for several days.
Why does organic apple cider vinegar help you?
1 - Organic apple cider vinegar makes your mucous thinner.
For example, if you have a cold or sinus congestion or sinus infection yor mucous tends to be thick and white or colored. But after you have taken organic apple cider vinegar, your mucous will tend to thin out and become clear.
And when your mucous is thinned, it enables your sinuses to drain and become disease free.
2 - Organic apple cider vinegar also functions as a natural anti-histamine and, thus, it acts to reduce or stop the body's production of histamine.
Organic apple cider vinegar's ability to function as a natural anti-histamine enables many people to successfully use it for combatting allergies.
Organic apple cider vinegar is far superior to regular or ordinary apple cider vinegar because organic apple cider vinegar contains only natural ingredients while ordinary apple cider vinegar often contains such additives as various chemicals which can adversely affect your body. Regular vingear may even contain artificial coloring.
In addition, organic apple cider vinegar is a treasure trove of vitamins and minerals that benefit our bodies, including vitamins A, B1, B2, B6, C, E, and beta-carotene.
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10/18/07
FLU SHOTS - Are they Effective? - Research reveals those hyped annual flu vaccinations ineffective and do not protect young, middle-aged, or elderly!
We are already being bombarded with messages to trek in to our doctors and get our annual flu shots.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), flu vaccinations reduce the risk of death or of serious complications among the elderly by 70 to 85 per cent.
But that statistic - which the medical establishments around the world have used to guide the care of the elderly since it was highlighted by WHO in 2002 - is based on only one study. And that study is flawed.
An international group of scientists known as the Cochrane Review Group examined a large range of flu shot studies and found that the flu vaccine is largely ineffective!
Here is a summary of what this highly reputable international Cochrane Review Group of scientists found when it examined a large range of flu shot studies:
1 - 95 per cent of elderly people who were vaccinated developed pneumonia that year, and nearly one per cent died.
2 - 39 per cent of healthcare workers who had a flu shot died from pneumonia.
3 - 67 per cent of adults under 65 who had flu shots developed influenza.
4 - And those children over six years old who received vaccinations fared just as poorly.
From: British Medical Journal, 2006; 333: 912-5 -and- The Lancet, 2007; 370: 1199-1200
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), flu vaccinations reduce the risk of death or of serious complications among the elderly by 70 to 85 per cent.
But that statistic - which the medical establishments around the world have used to guide the care of the elderly since it was highlighted by WHO in 2002 - is based on only one study. And that study is flawed.
An international group of scientists known as the Cochrane Review Group examined a large range of flu shot studies and found that the flu vaccine is largely ineffective!
Here is a summary of what this highly reputable international Cochrane Review Group of scientists found when it examined a large range of flu shot studies:
1 - 95 per cent of elderly people who were vaccinated developed pneumonia that year, and nearly one per cent died.
2 - 39 per cent of healthcare workers who had a flu shot died from pneumonia.
3 - 67 per cent of adults under 65 who had flu shots developed influenza.
4 - And those children over six years old who received vaccinations fared just as poorly.
From: British Medical Journal, 2006; 333: 912-5 -and- The Lancet, 2007; 370: 1199-1200
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10/17/07
The re-discovered health benefits of HONEY - It sterilizes wounds-incisions, speeds healing, and reduces inflammation, swelling, and infection
Doctors and their patients should consider the supermarket as well as the drugstore when it comes to wound healing according to a research review that recently appeared in the International Journal of Clinical Practice.
The tremendous health benefits of HONEY are being re-discovered!
When honey is applied to wounds or surgical incisions, it sterilizes the wounds/incisions and reduces inflammation, reduces swelling, reduces infection, and speeds healing. Honey even reduces the need for amputation among those who have diabetes.
And honey seems to be especially effective when wounds or incisions become infected or fail to close or heal.
Research also shows that honey is especially effective for healing the wounds that are left by laparoscopic or keyhole surgery.
Studies have suggested that honey should be applied at regular intervals, from hourly to twice daily and that wounds can become sterile in three to 10 days.
Of course, patients should always check with their doctor before applying any substance to a wound, such as a sugical incision.
Honey is one of the oldest foods in existence and was an ancient remedy for wound healing. It was found in the tomb of King Tutankhamun -and- it was still edible because honey never spoils.
An analysis of the wound/incision healing properties of honey in the early 20th century, however, the 1940 discovery of antibiotics ended the use of honey for such purposes.
But now honey is enjoying a resurgence because of the ever-increasing resistance to antibiotics and because of the ever-growing interest in natural remedies.
Honey has many characteristics that make it very effective in preventing the growth of infection-causing bacteria because it (1) contains gluconic acid, which creates an acidic environment, and (2) hydrogen peroxide, and because it (3) has a low moisture content and (4) a high sugar content. - From: International Journal of Clinical Practice. 61.10, pp 1705-1707. (October 2007)
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10/16/07
DIVERTICULITIS - How to diagnose or recognize if you have it -and- Do NOT ignore diverticulitis - Because it can end your life!
Do not ignore diverticulitis! Even in its mildest form, diverticulitis is a severe intestinal infection that should never be taken lightly. If it is not properly taken care of, diverticulitis - a diverticular infection - can end your life.
How can diverticulitis take your life?
If ignored or even if not properly taken care of, diverticulitis can cause an intestinal blockage which will require you to have almost immediate surgery in order to survive. And surviving intestinal surgery is not as easy as many believe. Diverticulitis can also create an abscess in the abdomen which filled with fecal matter. The abscess can burst and drain into the abdominal cavity leading to peritonitis - which is often fatal.
Will you always know if you have diverticulitis? No, you will not! A large percentage of people who have a diverticulitis attack are not even aware of it. Why? Because many people who have diverticulitis have no symptoms at all - even when they hare having a severe diverticulitis attack.
For example, when I had my first major attack of diverticulitis, I had no symptoms at all until I fainted - which is almost an unheard of reaction to diverticulitis.
As a result of my fainting, I was taken to the hospital, and in trying to determine why I fainted, the emergency room doctors discovered that I had a diverticular ABSCESS in my abdomen. My fecal-filled abscess was the size of a GRAPEFRUIT! If the abscess had gone undetected and untreated for a few more days - or even hours - it could have burst at home, and I may not have survived.
You may not have any symptoms at all when you have a diverticulitis attack.
And If you do have any symptoms, your symptoms may be one or more of the following:
1 - Pain in the lower left side of your abdomen. The pain may be very, very mild - almost unnoticeable. Or the pain may be more severe ranging from very mild to very severe. The pain may come on very, very gradually or it may develop suddenly. Sometimes the pain starts out mild and becomes worse over several days or weeks. And sometimes the severity of the pain varies or fluctuates.
2 - Tenderness in the abdomen
3 - Tenderness in the abdomen when straining
4 - Tenderness in the abdomen when bending over
5 - Tenderness in the abdomen when wearing a belt
6 - Bloating of the abdomen
7 - Constipation or diarrhea
8 - Diameter of stools is small or becomes smaller and smaller -and- the stools can become so thin that there is a resemblnace to pencil thin strings
9 - Fever
10 - Bleeding from the rectum
11 - Nausea
12 - Vomiting
13 - Frequent urination
14 - Difficulty or pain while urinating
15 - And remember, you may not have any truly noticeable symptoms when you are having an attack of diverticulitis. You may just have a vague feeling of "I don't feel right". There may be just a vague feeling of "tiredness" or a feeling of "too warm" or a feeling of "too cold". There may be sweating - as if you have a very low-grade fever. And to make it even more difficult for you and your doctor to pin down what is going on, those feelings can come and go - even in a severe attack of diverticulitis.
Ignoring diverticulitis can be deadly!
If you feel that you may be having an attack of diverticulitis, do NOT ignore it by just hoping that it goes away. PROMPTLY get to your health professional and find out if you do have it. And if you do have it, immediately start to treat it properly.
1 - See this prior post which discusses how repeated diverticulitis attacks can go undetected for many years -and- how you pay a price for those undetected attacks.
As those attacks are going undetected, they can be causing huge health problems in other parts of your body at the present time.
In addition, those repeated undetected diverticulitis attacks can also set you up for future problems. Why? Because the repeated attacks are most likely damaging your colon which increases the likelihood that you will need intestinal surgery at some point in the future.
2 - Future posts will deal with the difference between DIVERTICULOSIS and DIVERTICULITIS, how doctors diagnose diverticulitis, how diverticulitis is - and should be - treated, etc.
3 - All posts that deal with DIVERTICULOSIS or DIVERTICULITIS can be found by clicking either the LABEL DIVERTICULITIS or DIVERTICULOSIS or INFECTION or INTESTINAL INFECTION (immediately below this post).
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How can diverticulitis take your life?
If ignored or even if not properly taken care of, diverticulitis can cause an intestinal blockage which will require you to have almost immediate surgery in order to survive. And surviving intestinal surgery is not as easy as many believe. Diverticulitis can also create an abscess in the abdomen which filled with fecal matter. The abscess can burst and drain into the abdominal cavity leading to peritonitis - which is often fatal.
Will you always know if you have diverticulitis? No, you will not! A large percentage of people who have a diverticulitis attack are not even aware of it. Why? Because many people who have diverticulitis have no symptoms at all - even when they hare having a severe diverticulitis attack.
For example, when I had my first major attack of diverticulitis, I had no symptoms at all until I fainted - which is almost an unheard of reaction to diverticulitis.
As a result of my fainting, I was taken to the hospital, and in trying to determine why I fainted, the emergency room doctors discovered that I had a diverticular ABSCESS in my abdomen. My fecal-filled abscess was the size of a GRAPEFRUIT! If the abscess had gone undetected and untreated for a few more days - or even hours - it could have burst at home, and I may not have survived.
You may not have any symptoms at all when you have a diverticulitis attack.
And If you do have any symptoms, your symptoms may be one or more of the following:
1 - Pain in the lower left side of your abdomen. The pain may be very, very mild - almost unnoticeable. Or the pain may be more severe ranging from very mild to very severe. The pain may come on very, very gradually or it may develop suddenly. Sometimes the pain starts out mild and becomes worse over several days or weeks. And sometimes the severity of the pain varies or fluctuates.
2 - Tenderness in the abdomen
3 - Tenderness in the abdomen when straining
4 - Tenderness in the abdomen when bending over
5 - Tenderness in the abdomen when wearing a belt
6 - Bloating of the abdomen
7 - Constipation or diarrhea
8 - Diameter of stools is small or becomes smaller and smaller -and- the stools can become so thin that there is a resemblnace to pencil thin strings
9 - Fever
10 - Bleeding from the rectum
11 - Nausea
12 - Vomiting
13 - Frequent urination
14 - Difficulty or pain while urinating
15 - And remember, you may not have any truly noticeable symptoms when you are having an attack of diverticulitis. You may just have a vague feeling of "I don't feel right". There may be just a vague feeling of "tiredness" or a feeling of "too warm" or a feeling of "too cold". There may be sweating - as if you have a very low-grade fever. And to make it even more difficult for you and your doctor to pin down what is going on, those feelings can come and go - even in a severe attack of diverticulitis.
Ignoring diverticulitis can be deadly!
If you feel that you may be having an attack of diverticulitis, do NOT ignore it by just hoping that it goes away. PROMPTLY get to your health professional and find out if you do have it. And if you do have it, immediately start to treat it properly.
1 - See this prior post which discusses how repeated diverticulitis attacks can go undetected for many years -and- how you pay a price for those undetected attacks.
As those attacks are going undetected, they can be causing huge health problems in other parts of your body at the present time.
In addition, those repeated undetected diverticulitis attacks can also set you up for future problems. Why? Because the repeated attacks are most likely damaging your colon which increases the likelihood that you will need intestinal surgery at some point in the future.
2 - Future posts will deal with the difference between DIVERTICULOSIS and DIVERTICULITIS, how doctors diagnose diverticulitis, how diverticulitis is - and should be - treated, etc.
3 - All posts that deal with DIVERTICULOSIS or DIVERTICULITIS can be found by clicking either the LABEL DIVERTICULITIS or DIVERTICULOSIS or INFECTION or INTESTINAL INFECTION (immediately below this post).
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10/15/07
CHOLESTEROL LOWERING STATINS - Doctors are prescribing STATINS for too many patients - Taking a STATIN seldom helps a patient
STATINS, the cholesterol-lowering prescription drugs, have become our leading "just take them in case you need them" drugs.
Doctors are prescribing statins for anyone who may be developing heart disease. According to the medical profession, that is almost every person over 50.
Some evidence indicates that those with a diagnosed heart condition benefit from a statin. But only eight percent of the patients who take statins actually have a diagnosed heart condition.
The other 92 percent who take statins are merely considered to be at risk for developing a heart condition - a completely subjective judgment that is not supported by evidence.
According to a Harvard study, statins provide very little benefit:
1- Statins do NOT reduce the number of heart-related deaths among those who take statins.
2 - Statins do NOT even reduce heart-related deaths among those statin-taking patients who have a diagnosed heart condition!
3 - For men, 67 men would need to take statins for five years in order to prevent ONE heart attack.
4 - Statins have no benefit whatsoever among the nearly 11,000 women who took it.
As a result, the study confirmed the mounting evidence that suggests that doctors are prescribing STATINS for too many patients. After all, since STATINS do not help most patients who are receiving them, why continue to prescribe statins for so many patients.
At most, statins should be prescribed only for those patients who already have a diagnosed heart condition. - From: The Lancet, 2007; 369: 268-9
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Doctors are prescribing statins for anyone who may be developing heart disease. According to the medical profession, that is almost every person over 50.
Some evidence indicates that those with a diagnosed heart condition benefit from a statin. But only eight percent of the patients who take statins actually have a diagnosed heart condition.
The other 92 percent who take statins are merely considered to be at risk for developing a heart condition - a completely subjective judgment that is not supported by evidence.
According to a Harvard study, statins provide very little benefit:
1- Statins do NOT reduce the number of heart-related deaths among those who take statins.
2 - Statins do NOT even reduce heart-related deaths among those statin-taking patients who have a diagnosed heart condition!
3 - For men, 67 men would need to take statins for five years in order to prevent ONE heart attack.
4 - Statins have no benefit whatsoever among the nearly 11,000 women who took it.
As a result, the study confirmed the mounting evidence that suggests that doctors are prescribing STATINS for too many patients. After all, since STATINS do not help most patients who are receiving them, why continue to prescribe statins for so many patients.
At most, statins should be prescribed only for those patients who already have a diagnosed heart condition. - From: The Lancet, 2007; 369: 268-9
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10/14/07
INACCURATE patient electronic medical records: Erroneous records created when doctors record INTERPRETATIONS-ASSUMPTIONS-OBSERVATIONS but NOT FACTS
A reader of this blog sent this message after she had read the 10/3/2007 post about Electronic Medical Records - The Modern Medical Disaster
Alex,
The way in which medical professionals make a record of what a patient tells them leads to enormous errors.
I was talking to a friend about the situation and we had a half an hour conversation trying to figure out when doctors stopped believing their patients. At some point, it became more than a mere language barrier - with patients not knowing the right medical terminology for symptoms. Instead, patients became stupid in the eyes of doctors - and doctors STOPPED BELIEVING their patients and, hence, STOPPED PAYING much ATTENTION to what their patients say. I think this came about with the era of specialization. Prior to that, doctors did not know that much more than patients.
The other problem we talked about (she works in a cancer treatment center so she can attest to this) is that nurses and doctors have a habit of not writing down exactly what the patient says. Instead, they INTERPRET what the patient says and then write down their INTERPRETATION - which usually means they pass along slightly incorrect information, or in some instances, completely wrong information.
Nurses and doctors are also programmed to always hear certain CUE WORDS and associate those CUE WORDS with sickness. If those CUE WORDS like "pain" are missing, they are at an absolute loss.
Third, when nurses and doctors are with a patient they often MAKE flawed ASSUMPTIONS based upon their OBSERVATIONS. And they do not even bother to ask questions of their patients to find out if their OBSERVATIONS support their ASSUMPTIONS.
To give you a glaring first hand example, I was at my doctor's office and when I was very cautious/slow at getting up on to the examination table. I later found out that my doctor had written down that I was cautious/slow because I was in pain. That is just plain false. I have no pain. Instead, I have always gotten up on to an examination table slowly ever since the time I fell down as I was getting on to an examination table when I was a child.
So why didn't my doctor bother to ask me why I was cautious/slow? Because my doctor had just ASSUMED that I was in pain because he OBSERVED me being so cautious/slow. He ASSUMED that his OBSERVATION was correct when it was completely false.
How about asking me - the patient? My doctor could have asked just one simple question to find out the real reason why I was being so cautious/slow?
Instead, my doctor created a false/erroneous electronic medical record - a record that will be almost impossible to correct because by the time I found out about it, too many other doctors had read it, believed it, and relied upon it.
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Alex,
The way in which medical professionals make a record of what a patient tells them leads to enormous errors.
I was talking to a friend about the situation and we had a half an hour conversation trying to figure out when doctors stopped believing their patients. At some point, it became more than a mere language barrier - with patients not knowing the right medical terminology for symptoms. Instead, patients became stupid in the eyes of doctors - and doctors STOPPED BELIEVING their patients and, hence, STOPPED PAYING much ATTENTION to what their patients say. I think this came about with the era of specialization. Prior to that, doctors did not know that much more than patients.
The other problem we talked about (she works in a cancer treatment center so she can attest to this) is that nurses and doctors have a habit of not writing down exactly what the patient says. Instead, they INTERPRET what the patient says and then write down their INTERPRETATION - which usually means they pass along slightly incorrect information, or in some instances, completely wrong information.
Nurses and doctors are also programmed to always hear certain CUE WORDS and associate those CUE WORDS with sickness. If those CUE WORDS like "pain" are missing, they are at an absolute loss.
Third, when nurses and doctors are with a patient they often MAKE flawed ASSUMPTIONS based upon their OBSERVATIONS. And they do not even bother to ask questions of their patients to find out if their OBSERVATIONS support their ASSUMPTIONS.
To give you a glaring first hand example, I was at my doctor's office and when I was very cautious/slow at getting up on to the examination table. I later found out that my doctor had written down that I was cautious/slow because I was in pain. That is just plain false. I have no pain. Instead, I have always gotten up on to an examination table slowly ever since the time I fell down as I was getting on to an examination table when I was a child.
So why didn't my doctor bother to ask me why I was cautious/slow? Because my doctor had just ASSUMED that I was in pain because he OBSERVED me being so cautious/slow. He ASSUMED that his OBSERVATION was correct when it was completely false.
How about asking me - the patient? My doctor could have asked just one simple question to find out the real reason why I was being so cautious/slow?
Instead, my doctor created a false/erroneous electronic medical record - a record that will be almost impossible to correct because by the time I found out about it, too many other doctors had read it, believed it, and relied upon it.
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10/12/07
Do you have low back pain - Taking Vitamin D may reduce or eliminate your back pain
Does this describe you and your back pain:
1 - The pain in my back is getting too severe to simply "just live with it".
2 - I am tired of going to my go to my regular doctor for my back pain because his only solution is "just another prescription". And the prescription drugs that he prescribes are either ineffective or have severe side effects.
There may be one or more many alternative treatments that may work for any particular person's back pain. You will never know if a treatment might work for you until you give it a try.
If you have back pain, be willing to try a variety of safe. low cost, natural treatments in order to see if any of them might alleviate your pain.
One possibility is a vitamin D deficiency.
The Mayo Clinic conducted a study of people who had chronic, non-specific low back pain. The participants in the study had an age range of from 10 years to 65 years old.
In that study, it was discovered that 93 percent of the participants had a vitamin D deficiency and their back pain improved to varying degrees with the use of vitamin D.
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10/11/07
HYPERTENSION - To find out if you really have HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, measure it at night
When you to the doctor's office and have your blood pressure checked - they discover that it is dangerously high. Does that mean that you are an immediate candidate for a high blood pressure / antihypertensive drug or, worse, a heart attack?
First, it is well known that most people's blood pressure rises when they are in the doctor's office.
Second, if your doctor is truly interested in proper health care, he should order an electronic monitor to measure your blood pressure around-the-clock for a 24 hour period. It is especially important to monitor your blood pressure during the night when blood pressure tends to drop dramatically.
The 24-hour blood pressure check is now considered to be best practice, even though far too few doctors follow it.
As researchers have reported in a new study, the blood pressure that is found in the doctor's office is only part of the picture. In fact, your blood pressure in your doctor's may be the least reliable measurement of your true blood pressure - whereas the amount that your blood pressure decreases during the night is usually the most significant.
In conducting their study, researchers carried out 24-hour monitoring on over 7,000 people. They learned that night-time blood pressure levels were a far more accurate predictor of a heart attack. - From: The Lancet, 2007; 370: 1219-29 - As reported on WDDTY
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First, it is well known that most people's blood pressure rises when they are in the doctor's office.
Second, if your doctor is truly interested in proper health care, he should order an electronic monitor to measure your blood pressure around-the-clock for a 24 hour period. It is especially important to monitor your blood pressure during the night when blood pressure tends to drop dramatically.
The 24-hour blood pressure check is now considered to be best practice, even though far too few doctors follow it.
As researchers have reported in a new study, the blood pressure that is found in the doctor's office is only part of the picture. In fact, your blood pressure in your doctor's may be the least reliable measurement of your true blood pressure - whereas the amount that your blood pressure decreases during the night is usually the most significant.
In conducting their study, researchers carried out 24-hour monitoring on over 7,000 people. They learned that night-time blood pressure levels were a far more accurate predictor of a heart attack. - From: The Lancet, 2007; 370: 1219-29 - As reported on WDDTY
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10/10/07
End your MIGRAINES with FEVERFEW - A natural herbal remedy for Ending - Treating - Preventing MIGRAINES
Alex, I read about this feverfew migraine remedy in a European book. As soon as I read about it, I tried the feverfew. It has worked for my migraines for more than 18 months! So, I'm sending this find on to you.
Feverfew is a natural herbal remedy that is used around the world to stop migraines.
It is not known why feverfew alleviates migraines, but several studies have demonstrated that it is an excellent treatment for migraines.
Yes, feverfew can be taken to end an acute migraine that you already have.
But, most people find that feverfew treats migraines more effectively if it is taken every day as a migraine preventative. If you decide to try feverfew as a migraine preventative, be sure to take it for at least 90 days because feverfew may not become effective for your migraines until you have used it for three months or more.
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Feverfew is a natural herbal remedy that is used around the world to stop migraines.
It is not known why feverfew alleviates migraines, but several studies have demonstrated that it is an excellent treatment for migraines.
Yes, feverfew can be taken to end an acute migraine that you already have.
But, most people find that feverfew treats migraines more effectively if it is taken every day as a migraine preventative. If you decide to try feverfew as a migraine preventative, be sure to take it for at least 90 days because feverfew may not become effective for your migraines until you have used it for three months or more.
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10/9/07
How to prevent and treat Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)
There is apparently no definite cure for urinary tract infections or UTI.
Of course, most patients try antibiotics. But as many who have experienced urinary tract infections have found, antibiotics frequently do not address the underlying inflammatory problem. As a result, the infections keep coming back, which leads to repetitive use of antibiotics. But repeated use of antibiotics can make a patient's infections even worse and more frequent over the long term because repeated use of antibiotics alters the normal flora of the body.
More and more patients are turning to treatments for UTI that are suggested by alternative medicine or complementary medicine, If they do not the first time they have a UTI, then they do after antibiotics fail to stop repeated UTI infections.
There appear to be excellent methods of natural treatment - which can turn out to be a cure. Precisely which treatment would work for any particular person seems to depend upon the underlying cause (which is often not known).
So a good approach may be to try the simplest and least expensive treatment first. If that first treatment does not help, then move on to another form of treatment.
Whichever method you choose, however, you must give that method time to work before throwing up your hands and saying: "Well this does not work".
The methods of natural treatment for UTI that seem to be the most effective and most often recommended are:
1 - Cranberry juice (unsweetened) - which consists of only pure cranberry juice mixed with water and which is often found only at health food stores or health food grocery stores.
2 - Cranberry tablets/capsules/pills.
3 - D-Mannose - the substance in cranberry juice that "treats" urinary tract infections.
4 - Olive Leaf Extract.
5 - Grapefruit Seed Extract.
6 - Oil of Oregano.
7 - Alka-Seltzer - (NOT Alka-Seltzer PLUS).
Also, some in the natural health field have found that if a patient has started to have urinary tract infections then the patient can take high or mega doses of vitamin C every day to help prevent future infections. The vitamin C keeps urine somewhat acidic so that the bacteria can not thrive and cause another UTI.
Anyone considering using any of these forms of natural treatment is urged to do further research and consult with their health practitioner.
When doing further research, a patient would find it very helpful and educational to go to a search engine, such as Google. For example, do separate searches for each of the methods of treatment discussed in the paragraphs above by entering the following in the Google search box.
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"urinary tract infection" AND "cranberry juice"
"urinary tract infection" AND "cranberry tablets"
"urinary tract infection" AND "cranberry capsules"
"urinary tract infection" AND "d-mannose"
"urinary tract infection" AND "olive leaf extract"
"urinary tract infection" AND "grapefruit seed extract"
"urinary tract infection" AND "oil of oregano"
"urinary tract infection" AND "alka-seltzer"
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Of course, most patients try antibiotics. But as many who have experienced urinary tract infections have found, antibiotics frequently do not address the underlying inflammatory problem. As a result, the infections keep coming back, which leads to repetitive use of antibiotics. But repeated use of antibiotics can make a patient's infections even worse and more frequent over the long term because repeated use of antibiotics alters the normal flora of the body.
More and more patients are turning to treatments for UTI that are suggested by alternative medicine or complementary medicine, If they do not the first time they have a UTI, then they do after antibiotics fail to stop repeated UTI infections.
There appear to be excellent methods of natural treatment - which can turn out to be a cure. Precisely which treatment would work for any particular person seems to depend upon the underlying cause (which is often not known).
So a good approach may be to try the simplest and least expensive treatment first. If that first treatment does not help, then move on to another form of treatment.
Whichever method you choose, however, you must give that method time to work before throwing up your hands and saying: "Well this does not work".
The methods of natural treatment for UTI that seem to be the most effective and most often recommended are:
1 - Cranberry juice (unsweetened) - which consists of only pure cranberry juice mixed with water and which is often found only at health food stores or health food grocery stores.
2 - Cranberry tablets/capsules/pills.
3 - D-Mannose - the substance in cranberry juice that "treats" urinary tract infections.
4 - Olive Leaf Extract.
5 - Grapefruit Seed Extract.
6 - Oil of Oregano.
7 - Alka-Seltzer - (NOT Alka-Seltzer PLUS).
Also, some in the natural health field have found that if a patient has started to have urinary tract infections then the patient can take high or mega doses of vitamin C every day to help prevent future infections. The vitamin C keeps urine somewhat acidic so that the bacteria can not thrive and cause another UTI.
Anyone considering using any of these forms of natural treatment is urged to do further research and consult with their health practitioner.
When doing further research, a patient would find it very helpful and educational to go to a search engine, such as Google. For example, do separate searches for each of the methods of treatment discussed in the paragraphs above by entering the following in the Google search box.
(Please be certain to use the "quotation" marks as shown below when doing the separate Google searches.)
"urinary tract infection" AND "cranberry juice"
"urinary tract infection" AND "cranberry tablets"
"urinary tract infection" AND "cranberry capsules"
"urinary tract infection" AND "d-mannose"
"urinary tract infection" AND "olive leaf extract"
"urinary tract infection" AND "grapefruit seed extract"
"urinary tract infection" AND "oil of oregano"
"urinary tract infection" AND "alka-seltzer"
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10/8/07
Prostate Cancer - Widely recognized treatment may actually spread the cancer
Treating prostate cancer with androgen deprivation is a very widely used and widely recognized treatment for prostate cancer.
In androgen deprivation therapy, the body's testosterone levels are reduced in order to slow the rate of growth of the prostate cancer.
Androgen deprivation therapy is typically given only when prostate cancer has become aggressive and is likely to spread.
However, treating prostate cancer by using androgen deprivation may cause cancer to develop in other parts of the body. Why? Because when treated with androgen deprivation therapy, the prostate cancer cells produce a protein that enables the development of cancer throughout the body. - From: Cancer Research, 2007; 67: 9199-9206
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In androgen deprivation therapy, the body's testosterone levels are reduced in order to slow the rate of growth of the prostate cancer.
Androgen deprivation therapy is typically given only when prostate cancer has become aggressive and is likely to spread.
However, treating prostate cancer by using androgen deprivation may cause cancer to develop in other parts of the body. Why? Because when treated with androgen deprivation therapy, the prostate cancer cells produce a protein that enables the development of cancer throughout the body. - From: Cancer Research, 2007; 67: 9199-9206
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10/7/07
Sinus - Ear - Upper respiratory infection - Bronchitis - Strep throat - They may originate as diverticulitis or other intestinal infections
I heard that your daughter is having repeated sinus / ear / upper respiratory infections / bronchitis, and strep throats. That reminds me of what happened to me in the 1970's.
From 1975 thru 1979, I had endless sinus /ear /upper respiratory infections, and strep throats.
Doctors would just throw antibiotics at me. They were merely treating the resulting infections and not the underlying cause. They never made any serious effort to find the underlying cause of these repetitive infections.
The antibiotics would seemingly clear up the infections for a few weeks. Then they would come back.
In 1979, I fainted while having one of these respiratory infections, and I was taken to the hospital.
A doctor that I had never met before dug and dug to find the underlying cause. He would not give up until he found the cause of my repeated infections plus, now, the fainting.
After endless tests, he found that I had very mild diverticulitis. And when you have very mild diverticulitis (which is an infection), that infection can travel to or reduce the resistance of other parts of your body and cause infections in other places in your body.
That hospital doctor started me on Metamucil and told me to start increasing my fiber intake. (Any fiber supplement, such as those similar to Metamucil, would be fine.)
By simply using Metamucil and increasing my daily fiber intake, that put an end to my sinus / ear / upper respiratory infections and strep throats.
Needless to say, that doctor, who loved to think and research and dig for the right answer, became my regular doctor until he retired.
Note: Also, there are other intestinal infections that can mimic diverticular infections. So even if your daughter does not have a recurring diverticular infection, another type of intestinal infection can cause or lead to the same sinus / ear / upper respiratory infections, and strep throat as does diverticulitis.
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From 1975 thru 1979, I had endless sinus /ear /upper respiratory infections, and strep throats.
Doctors would just throw antibiotics at me. They were merely treating the resulting infections and not the underlying cause. They never made any serious effort to find the underlying cause of these repetitive infections.
The antibiotics would seemingly clear up the infections for a few weeks. Then they would come back.
In 1979, I fainted while having one of these respiratory infections, and I was taken to the hospital.
A doctor that I had never met before dug and dug to find the underlying cause. He would not give up until he found the cause of my repeated infections plus, now, the fainting.
After endless tests, he found that I had very mild diverticulitis. And when you have very mild diverticulitis (which is an infection), that infection can travel to or reduce the resistance of other parts of your body and cause infections in other places in your body.
That hospital doctor started me on Metamucil and told me to start increasing my fiber intake. (Any fiber supplement, such as those similar to Metamucil, would be fine.)
By simply using Metamucil and increasing my daily fiber intake, that put an end to my sinus / ear / upper respiratory infections and strep throats.
Needless to say, that doctor, who loved to think and research and dig for the right answer, became my regular doctor until he retired.
Note: Also, there are other intestinal infections that can mimic diverticular infections. So even if your daughter does not have a recurring diverticular infection, another type of intestinal infection can cause or lead to the same sinus / ear / upper respiratory infections, and strep throat as does diverticulitis.
Labels: BRONCHITIS, DIVERTICULITIS, DIVERTICULOSIS, EAR INFECTION, FIBER, INFECTION, INTESTINAL INFECTION, RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS, SINUS INFECTION, SINUSITIS, STREP
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10/6/07
FDA approved prescription drugs - Are they safe - Nobody checks the Drug Trials so nobody knows
What really occurs in the medical drug trials which are used to test drugs to see if they are safe enough to be approved by the FDA? Are the drug trial results really as they seem? Is the drug that is being tested as effective - and safe - as the manufacturer claims?
The truth is that we have no way of knowing - because nobody is testing the testers.
Such testing or verification of the drug trial results should be the function of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), our prescription drugs monitoring agency. But the FDA inspected just 1 per cent of medical trials that were carried out between the years 2000 and 2005.
There is no registry or meaningful record of medical drug trials. And the FDA is so under-staffed and under-funded that it cannot do more checking.
Arthur Caplan, chairman of the department of medical ethics at the University of Pennsylvania, stated: In many ways, rats and mice get greater protection as research subjects than do humans. - From: New York Times, October 1, 2007
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10/5/07
Patient care - Beware of what disease you get - Your doctor may not like you
If you want your doctor to think highly of you, have a heart attack, or if not that, leukemia will just about do.
And if you have fibromyalgia or a nervous problem, you run the risk of social ostracism and being shunned by your doctor.
Doctors have a chart of prestigious diseases with heart attack right there at the top, revealed by a new survey.
Doctors in Norway were asked to rank a range of 38 diseases based on the prestige they felt the illnesses were viewed by the medical profession.
Heart attack came first on the prestige list, followed by leukemia, spleen rupture, brain tumor, and testicular cancer.
But fibromyalgia, anxiety neurosis, hepatic cirrhosis, depressive neurosis, schizophrenia, and anorexia were at the bottom of the prestige rankings.
There is a serious element to the poll. It suggests that nervous and mental problems are not taken seriously by the medical establishment - something that a sufferer may already have noticed.
Besides that, nervous and mental problems are harder to detect and diagnose.
It looks like you have to have something they can put a finger on! An ego problem - by chance?
From: Social Science & Medicine, doi: 10.1016/j.socimed. 2007.07.003 - As reported on WDDTY
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And if you have fibromyalgia or a nervous problem, you run the risk of social ostracism and being shunned by your doctor.
Doctors have a chart of prestigious diseases with heart attack right there at the top, revealed by a new survey.
Doctors in Norway were asked to rank a range of 38 diseases based on the prestige they felt the illnesses were viewed by the medical profession.
Heart attack came first on the prestige list, followed by leukemia, spleen rupture, brain tumor, and testicular cancer.
But fibromyalgia, anxiety neurosis, hepatic cirrhosis, depressive neurosis, schizophrenia, and anorexia were at the bottom of the prestige rankings.
There is a serious element to the poll. It suggests that nervous and mental problems are not taken seriously by the medical establishment - something that a sufferer may already have noticed.
Besides that, nervous and mental problems are harder to detect and diagnose.
It looks like you have to have something they can put a finger on! An ego problem - by chance?
From: Social Science & Medicine, doi: 10.1016/j.socimed. 2007.07.003 - As reported on WDDTY
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10/3/07
Electronic Medical Records - The Modern Medical Disaster - Your doctor may have your medical records wrong -and- why
Welcome to the world of electronic medical records - the modern medical disaster:
My doctor said he had not known that I was pain-free until today, 10/3/2007! However, for the first time in over 40 years - on March 2, 2007 - I became pain-free and I have remained pain-free ever since!
So why didn't my doctor know better until now? Because he has spent more time reading other doctors' erroneous electronic reports rather than asking me questions and listening to me. And he probably believes that the reports of other "professional" doctors are more accurate than the mere words of a "simpleton" patient.
The details are below:
When I was with my regular MD today, I made some comments about how with the advent of electronic medical records, doctors do not spend much time talking to me or asking questions of me, the patient.
But instead, when I meet with doctors, they spend most of their time reading other doctors' electronic medical reports. The problem with that is that if any doctor - in the string of doctors - puts factual errors in his report, then every subsequent doctor believes that those erroneous facts are true.
(When I was hospitalized in March, 2007, I was under the care of hospital staff doctors rather than under the care of my own regular physician. Being cared for by hospital staff doctors seems to be the new trend that is spreading across the nation in order to promote "cost savings". How this new trend might be leading to a deterioration in "patient care" is apparently not a big concern.)
Then I asked what low back pain are the hospital staff doctors talking about in: (a) the March hospital report and (b) the two emergency room reports. I have not had low back pain in my entire lifetime. What I had was right-side paraspinal muscle pain, which went all the way from my right buttock to the right side of my neck.
And then I asked how can a patient possibly get treated for the correct problem if the "string of doctors" who the patient sees are relying on each others erroneous electronic reports and, thus, do not even know what the patient's correct problem is.
I went on to say that there are many errors in my March hospital report. I then asked him if he was aware of the fact that my 40+ years of pain had ended just prior to being hospitalized in March, 2007, and that I have been pain-free since March.
My doctor said he had not known anything about the fact that I have been pain-free since March 2, 2007, until today, 10/3/2007!
And that was my doctors' statement despite the fact that I have seen him several times since getting out of the hospital in March.
So why didn't my doctor know that I was pain-free until today? Because he has spent too much time reading and relying on other doctors' erroneous electronic reports and too little time asking me questions and listening to me - the patient!
So, welcome to the modern medical disaster: "electronic medical records"!
If you believe that your doctor has accurate records about you, just request a copy of your medical records.
1 - You may be surprised to see all of the factual errors in your medical records.
2 - You may also be surprised to see how doctors are creating major portions of their electronic medical reports by merely plagiarizing (copying and pasting) from the electronic medical reports of other doctors.
And this electronic medical record-keeping is what the American medical establishment calls PROGRESS!
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My doctor said he had not known that I was pain-free until today, 10/3/2007! However, for the first time in over 40 years - on March 2, 2007 - I became pain-free and I have remained pain-free ever since!
So why didn't my doctor know better until now? Because he has spent more time reading other doctors' erroneous electronic reports rather than asking me questions and listening to me. And he probably believes that the reports of other "professional" doctors are more accurate than the mere words of a "simpleton" patient.
The details are below:
When I was with my regular MD today, I made some comments about how with the advent of electronic medical records, doctors do not spend much time talking to me or asking questions of me, the patient.
But instead, when I meet with doctors, they spend most of their time reading other doctors' electronic medical reports. The problem with that is that if any doctor - in the string of doctors - puts factual errors in his report, then every subsequent doctor believes that those erroneous facts are true.
(When I was hospitalized in March, 2007, I was under the care of hospital staff doctors rather than under the care of my own regular physician. Being cared for by hospital staff doctors seems to be the new trend that is spreading across the nation in order to promote "cost savings". How this new trend might be leading to a deterioration in "patient care" is apparently not a big concern.)
Then I asked what low back pain are the hospital staff doctors talking about in: (a) the March hospital report and (b) the two emergency room reports. I have not had low back pain in my entire lifetime. What I had was right-side paraspinal muscle pain, which went all the way from my right buttock to the right side of my neck.
And then I asked how can a patient possibly get treated for the correct problem if the "string of doctors" who the patient sees are relying on each others erroneous electronic reports and, thus, do not even know what the patient's correct problem is.
I went on to say that there are many errors in my March hospital report. I then asked him if he was aware of the fact that my 40+ years of pain had ended just prior to being hospitalized in March, 2007, and that I have been pain-free since March.
My doctor said he had not known anything about the fact that I have been pain-free since March 2, 2007, until today, 10/3/2007!
And that was my doctors' statement despite the fact that I have seen him several times since getting out of the hospital in March.
So why didn't my doctor know that I was pain-free until today? Because he has spent too much time reading and relying on other doctors' erroneous electronic reports and too little time asking me questions and listening to me - the patient!
So, welcome to the modern medical disaster: "electronic medical records"!
If you believe that your doctor has accurate records about you, just request a copy of your medical records.
1 - You may be surprised to see all of the factual errors in your medical records.
2 - You may also be surprised to see how doctors are creating major portions of their electronic medical reports by merely plagiarizing (copying and pasting) from the electronic medical reports of other doctors.
And this electronic medical record-keeping is what the American medical establishment calls PROGRESS!
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10/2/07
Bottled Water may no longer be so healthy - Now it can be Fluoridated
The "healthy" bottled water that you drink may no longer be so "healthy".
Now, it might contain fluoride because the FDA permits "natural" bottled water to be fluoridated.
This U.S. Food and Drug Administration fluoridated bottled water decision was made against the advice of the American Dental Association (ADA).
The ADA opposes the use of fluoridated water by children under one year of age.
Why? Because fluoridated water can cause the development of fluorosis - the discoloration and pitting of tooth enamel - in a child's teeth.
In addition, fluoridated water has been linked to various health problems for people of all ages.
These health problems include allergies, arthritis, bone damage, cancer, kidney problems, and endocrine and thyroid gland problems.
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10/1/07
Back Pain - Acupuncture is the best treatment to alleviate your back pain
Acupuncture is the best way to alleviate your chronic back pain.
Acupuncture is far better than any conventional treatment.
Twice as many back pain sufferers benefited from acupuncture as those who obtained conventional treatment which consisted of physical therapy, exercise, and painkillers.
In addition, acupuncture patients enjoyed months without pain after the acupuncture treatments were completed.
The superiority of acupuncture was demonstrated in a test conducted on a group of 1,162 patients who suffered from chronic low back pain for an average of eight years.
The group received one of these three therapies:
1 - Acupuncture, which involved 10 sessions, twice a week,
2 - Sham acupuncture, in which the needles were not properly inserted, and
3 - Conventional therapy, which included drugs, physical therapy, and exercise.
After six months, 48 per cent of those in the acupuncture group reported a dramatic reduction in back pain compared with just 20 per cent who were receiving conventional treatments. Interestingly, 44 per cent of those given "sham" acupuncture also reported an improvement.
So, the researchers conclusions are: acupuncture is superior to conventional forms of treatment for blocking the pain that is generated and transmitted in low back pain. And acupuncture is superior even if the acupuncture needles are not inserted in the proper places. - From: Archives of Internal Medicine, 2007; 167: 1892-8 - As discussed at Medical News Today.
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Acupuncture is far better than any conventional treatment.
Twice as many back pain sufferers benefited from acupuncture as those who obtained conventional treatment which consisted of physical therapy, exercise, and painkillers.
In addition, acupuncture patients enjoyed months without pain after the acupuncture treatments were completed.
The superiority of acupuncture was demonstrated in a test conducted on a group of 1,162 patients who suffered from chronic low back pain for an average of eight years.
The group received one of these three therapies:
1 - Acupuncture, which involved 10 sessions, twice a week,
2 - Sham acupuncture, in which the needles were not properly inserted, and
3 - Conventional therapy, which included drugs, physical therapy, and exercise.
After six months, 48 per cent of those in the acupuncture group reported a dramatic reduction in back pain compared with just 20 per cent who were receiving conventional treatments. Interestingly, 44 per cent of those given "sham" acupuncture also reported an improvement.
So, the researchers conclusions are: acupuncture is superior to conventional forms of treatment for blocking the pain that is generated and transmitted in low back pain. And acupuncture is superior even if the acupuncture needles are not inserted in the proper places. - From: Archives of Internal Medicine, 2007; 167: 1892-8 - As discussed at Medical News Today.
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9/30/07
Shingles and Post-Herpetic Neuralgia (PHN) - Natural and traditional treatments
When you have chicken pox, the chicken pox virus remains dormant in your body after you recover. And the virus can return as shingles many years after you had your chicken pox.
Typically, traditional, mainstream MDs treat shingles with anti-viral medication and steroids. The recovery time for shingles is usually three to five weeks.
However, for some people, often the elderly, pain remains for months or years after a patient has recovered from shingles. This pain is called post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN) and it is caused by a nerve irritation which continues after recovery from shingles.
Traditional or mainstream medicine treats PHN with steroids, antidepressants, and, when necessary, nerve blocks.
But there are two safe, all-natural treatments that may work for you.
First, there is vitamin E. Typically, in order to treat a person with PHN, the vitamin E is taken orally and applied topically to the painful areas of the skin.
The typical oral dose of vitamin E for PHN is 1,200-1,600 IU/day. The vitamin E treatment may have to be continued for several months or longer in order to begin to see improvement.
Second, an FDA-approved natural treatment for PHN is an over-the-counter cream that contains capsaicin, the substance that makes hot peppers "hot".
Capsaicin cream works by inhibiting the chemicals in nerve cells that transmit pain.
Be careful to read the instructions on the container when using capsaicin cream because it can irritate the skin if overused or if used for too long of a period of time.
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Typically, traditional, mainstream MDs treat shingles with anti-viral medication and steroids. The recovery time for shingles is usually three to five weeks.
However, for some people, often the elderly, pain remains for months or years after a patient has recovered from shingles. This pain is called post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN) and it is caused by a nerve irritation which continues after recovery from shingles.
Traditional or mainstream medicine treats PHN with steroids, antidepressants, and, when necessary, nerve blocks.
But there are two safe, all-natural treatments that may work for you.
First, there is vitamin E. Typically, in order to treat a person with PHN, the vitamin E is taken orally and applied topically to the painful areas of the skin.
The typical oral dose of vitamin E for PHN is 1,200-1,600 IU/day. The vitamin E treatment may have to be continued for several months or longer in order to begin to see improvement.
Second, an FDA-approved natural treatment for PHN is an over-the-counter cream that contains capsaicin, the substance that makes hot peppers "hot".
Capsaicin cream works by inhibiting the chemicals in nerve cells that transmit pain.
Be careful to read the instructions on the container when using capsaicin cream because it can irritate the skin if overused or if used for too long of a period of time.
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9/29/07
Why some people never feel cold while others never get warm
Scientists have found a reason why some people never seem to get warm while others never seem to feel the cold:
Some nerve cell receptors deep in the body are stimulated by signals other than temperature. These receptors are so powerful and so deep in the body that they literally chill to the backbone.
These cells never come in contact with environmental signals like those near the skin but are studded with receptors that appear to get sensory input from hormones, proteins and other biochemical compounds within the body.
That could explain why it is that you and I can sit in the same space and you will feel comfortable and I may feel cold, yet the environmental stimuli are the same.
From: Journal of Neuroscience - Discussed on Medical News Today - To read more, click here.
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Some nerve cell receptors deep in the body are stimulated by signals other than temperature. These receptors are so powerful and so deep in the body that they literally chill to the backbone.
These cells never come in contact with environmental signals like those near the skin but are studded with receptors that appear to get sensory input from hormones, proteins and other biochemical compounds within the body.
That could explain why it is that you and I can sit in the same space and you will feel comfortable and I may feel cold, yet the environmental stimuli are the same.
From: Journal of Neuroscience - Discussed on Medical News Today - To read more, click here.
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